Chapter 21: chapter 21

"Daksh", frowned Veerabhadra and hasted towards him groaning. His sturdy body and his angry visage quivered Daksh, he shouted,"Who are you? How dare you enter my palace without my permission?""I am Veerabhadra, ansh (form) of Kailasapathi, Parameshwar. I came here to retribute you for the death of maa Sati. It's because of you she burnt herself", howled Veerabhadra.Frightened by his terrific structure, Daksh sought Mahavishnu for his rescue."Prabhu! Please save me from Veerabhadra. You promised that you'd fulfill my wish whenever I wish. Please save me."Madhusudhana felt that he should be punished for his  arrogance. He didn't want to save him but he couldn't break his promise even. He went before Veerabhadra and called for a war,"If you want to kill Daksh, you'll have to defeat me first. Attack me, come on, raise your sword" Veerabhadra startled.  Narayan is his father lord Shiv himself. He, fighting with Vishnu means fighting against his own lord, Shankar from whom he was born. He couldn't raise his sword. In the same time, he couldn't leave Daksh. He fell in a melancholy. Lord Vishnu through his heart, sounded to Veerabhadra,"Veerabhadra! I can understand your duty boundedness as well as respect on me. I'm also bound to my promise. Do one thing! Clasp me and then teach a lesson to prajapathi Daksh."Only Veerabhadra could hear Vishnu's words. Veerabhadra felt in mind listening them,"Hey Kamalanayana! You are really the supreme deity of the world. You are wishing me, after all an ansh of Shiv to clasp you so that you can give justice to maa Sati. You are selfless and above all ego and pride. Hail your generosity and virtuous nature, Nath you're really eminent", he did as Narayan ordered.Narayan grinned and accepted for clasping him. Veerabhadra immediately went in fury and beheaded Daksh. Prasuti, Daksh's wife fell unconscious at the sight of her husband's death and Veerabhadra disappeared instantly."Ego is the path for self-destruction Daksh. Your ego separated you from your daughter, made you worse and finally because of it, you lost your life", Narayan felt.Narayan along with all deities disappeared and left to their respective places.Grief-strucken Umapathi yet couldn't stop his pralay tandav (dance of destruction) which fretted the entire world. It created huge destruction in the universe. He reached Daksha palace and saw Sati's dead body. He took her corpse into his hands and wailed heavily."Sati! You left me alone and went away", he wandered all around the universe in grief carrying her corpse. His wrath and grief caused much ravage in the universe. He couldn't part him from his beloved wife and continued his pralay tandav.All gods sought MahaVishnu and pleaded to save the universe from his pralay tandav. Narayan assured them that he'd do something to stop the destruction. He started contemplating. Madhav couldn't see his best friend, Mahadev in distress. "Unless Parameswar gets relieved from his distress, I couldn't save the world"Devi Mahalaxmi's soul appeared before Chakradhari then and suggested him,"Mahadev has forgotten everything in the love of Sati. Unless you separate him from her, he can't come out of agony and this destruction won't be stopped."Following her instruction, Lord Vishnu cut Devi Sati's corpse with his sudarshan chakra. Her body parts fell on the various parts of the world and became ashtadash(18) shaktipeetas. Murari paid gratitude to Mahalaxmi for solving this big problem. She blessed and disappeared. Narayan appeared before LordShiv and pacified him,"Mahadev! Excuse me for slashing DeviSati's corpse but there was left no alternative to bring you out from grief. Devi Sati died, it happened and one cannot retrieve past. You are not only the husband of Devi Sati but also the supreme deity of universe. Your wrath and grief have been causing severe destruction. You should come out from your grief. Sati'll be reborn as "Devi Parvati" in a few days to the king of mountains, Parvatraj and his wife, Haimavati. You both'll get married soon. You need not wail, your union will happen for sure "Madhav consoled Lord Shiv and brought him out totally from agony. Lord Shiv reoccupied his position in Kailash. He excused Daksh. He attached his body with a goat's head and gave him life again. Daksh realised his mistake and apologized him for the mistakes committed by him in ego. Mahadev accepted his apology with generosity and left to kailash to immerse him in penance. Everything became normal.Narad had been still in confusion. He expressed his doubt before Narayan,"Why did maa Sati commit suicide just because an egoist insulted Mahadev? She is Jaganmata. Daksh is nowhere infront of her and Shiv hainna prabhu? "Narayan grinned and answered with a smile on his visage,"Devarshi! It's not suicide actually but the divine leela of Jaganmata! She is Jaganmata, the mother of universe. She has no death."" Prabhu?", shocked Narad."Haa! She did this inorder to teach a lesson to Daksh and egoists like him. Her main intention is to prove the power of lord Shiv. Some people segregate Shiv and Vishnu. Some Vaishnavites hate Shiv and Shaivaites hate Vishnu. She proved that both are supreme, hating one for other is a sin and cause his/her self destruction. Daksh rejected Sati's marriage with Lord Shiv and started hating her because he's a brahmin and he thought Shiv belongs to aghora jati. He felt both are not belonging to same caste so shouldn't marry. First of all Shiv is above from all castes. And next thing is, even though bride and groom are of different castes, they can marry. Like Daksh, many people segregate among themselves based on caste and hate people from other castes. It's totally ridiculous and is a grave sin. Some fathers won't  agree their daughter's marriage with boys of other caste even though they love each other a lot. Some fathers even are killing them just because they loved a boy from other caste. But the truth is, love is beyond caste. One can't restrict love. Fathers should understand their daughter's love and wish her happiness rather than killing them for caste. Daksh too forgot his daughters affection and did foolish things, that's why he had to be beheaded. Jaganmata's intention is end casteism."TO BE CONTINUED...